ALERT!!!! Las Vegas, NM AND Royal Dutch Shell & Cannon Air Force Base

Thursday, June 21st, Royal Dutch Shell and Cannon Air Force base folks will speak during a statewide Association of Counties conference to our locally elected municipal commissioners and council people.

Come let them know that you do not agree that this quasi government organization has the right to engage our government in corporate indoctrination.

The meeting begins at 9:30 AM Thursday with Shell presenting. Come and let them know your position on poisoned water and air.

Thomas Linzey, senior legal counsel, CELDF

COMMUNITY RIGHTS with THOMAS LINZEY, CELDF in Las Vegas

April 2nd, 2012, the City of Las Vegas Council passed the "Las Vegas Community Water Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance" protecting citizen rights by banning fracking. Come listen to Thomas Linzey talk about this council's progressive support of community rights for the citizens of Las Vegas, NM

LAS VEGAS Mayor & Democracy

DATE: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012TIME: 6:00 PMWHERE: Las Vegas Council chambers, NMWHAT: Democracy is in trouble in Las Vegas, NM Come to City Hall and help put it back on track (See attached flyer)ACTION: If you cannot attend, please call Mayor Alfonso Ortiz and let him know your thoughts on his actions: 505-426-4439

In Solidarity--Stop Fracking

WORK SESSION WITH THOMAS LINZEY, CELDF--Mora County

The Commission will hold a "Work Session" this Monday. Thomas Linzey, senior legal counsel for CELDF will discuss the "Mora County Community Water Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance" via Skype. Find out how a rights-based ordinance can ban corporations from polluting Mora County's water and stop drilling in the county.

Miguel Santistevan

WEALTH OF WATER: Short Term Gains VS. Long Term Opportunity presented by MIGUEL SANTISTEVAN

DATE: Monday, April 16th, 2012TIME: 4:00 PM children presentation, 5:00 PM adult presentation, 6:30 PM showing of GASLAND documentaryWHERE: Tapetes de Lana, Mora, Mora County, NMWHAT: Come listen to Miguel Santistevan, native of Taos NM, active acequia parciante and past Mayordomo, as well as board member for the Taos Valley Acequia Association.Miguel will talk about the differences between wealth and riches. What is real wealth? The infinite possibility to have riches in the future with our water.Free tamales and refreshments!

Drilling Mora County

LAS VEGAS COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE

Meeting for the Las Vegas City Council Vote:

DATE: Monday, April 2nd, 2012TIME: 4:00 PMWHERE: City of Las Vegas Council chambers1700 North Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Directions: take Grand Avenue north, cross Mills Avenue and the next right (Rec Center across the street)

Mora Democracy School in Mora, NM

Democracy School will be presented online in Mora, NM this Saturday--Free event sponsored by the Mora Democracy School Committee--DATE: Saturday, March 24th, 2012TIME: 9:00 AMWHERE: Tapetes de Lana, Mora, NMWHAT: Join us for an online introduction to the Democracy School and the Community Rights movement. Learn how the rights protecting commerce and property, combined with the constitutional bestowal of the rights of personhood, have given corporations a controlling interest over our nation, our democracy, our people and the very land we walk on. We are occupied!CALL MDSC at 575 666 2529 to participateFREE catered lunch by Theresa's Tamales

Mora County Community Rights: FACEBOOK

IN SOLIDARITY--PLEASE ATTEND

DATE: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012TIME: 6:00 PMWHERE: City of Las Vegas Council chambers 1700 North Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, New MexicoDIRECTIONS: Take Grand Avenue north, cross Mills Avenue and the next right (Rec Center across the street)

This Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, the City of Las Vegas, NM,. will vote to adopt the first community rights based ordinance to be brought to a vote in the Southwest.

Come join in solidarity at the meeting to show the residents of Las Vegas and the city council your support for taking a stand in protection of Nature and people over corporate rights. Please bring others with you. Our chance to open up New Mexico to citizen rights is here, this week in Las Vegas!!!

Santa Fe Community Rights Ordinance

It is time for a change in order to addressenvironmental and public health impacts from Los Alamos National Laboratory. Santa Fe County needs a carefully written and agreed-upon community rights-based ordinance that asserts the powers it has to protect its water, air and land—our inalienable rights! There is no “no” in the regulatory system. It is only about how much harm and how much destruction will be regulated. A gathering of interested people will be held:

Date: Tuesday, February 21Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pmWhere: Santa Fe Main LibraryWhat: Develop community support for a Community Bill of Rights for Santa Fe County. Please join us!

DATE: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012TIME: 7:00 PMPLACE: UNM Albuquerque, Education Lecture Hall Room #103 (250 feet directly north of the Student Union Building on UNM Campus.It is on the first floor (west side)of the Education Bldg which is located just past (and down the steps) from the white/blue water fountain)WHAT: Thomas Linzey, senior legal counsel for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, CELDF, will speak on communities facing corporate challenges and will discuss how communities can exert their inalienable rights to protect their communities and develop their local sustainability.For more information, email drillingmoracounty@gmail.com or call 575 666 2529

DEMOCRACY SCHOOL COMES TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO!

February 3-4th, Thomas Linzey, senior legal counsel and Ben Price, projects director, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) will present the Democracy School to community leaders and elected community officials.

Whether you are facing large water extractions, hard rock mining, oil and gas drilling, factory farms, or any other corporate development that threatens your community's water, air, land, health and safety, the Democracy School addresses these issues and offers solutions for local communities.

For more information contact 575 666 2529 or email drillingmoracounty@gmail.com

GASLAND, a documentary

CURRENT EVENT--MORA

•• The Mora Democracy School Committee proudly presents the showing of the new documentary "GasLand" by Josh Fox.

A stunning portrayal of the tragic and endemic impacts natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing have on communities and ecosystems from NY & PA west to the rocky Southwest states including, New Mexico.

Call for reservations for this event. Limited to 25 people.575 666 2529for more information: www.celdf.org

DEMOCRACY SCHOOL

Drilling Mora County hosted the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF--www.celdf.org) August 2010 Democracy School in Wagon Mound. Our rights to local self-governance, clean air, water, ecosystem, and health are inalienable birth rights, andthey are not only our rights, but our responsibility to protect these rights as well as to give a voice to the Rights of Nature--to protect with our voice, our vote, our actions. When we, the citizens, do not stand up for our rights, we, in essence, give them up to corporate, state and federal interests.

Today, as throughout history, it has been "the people" who have stood up, changed undemocratic and harmful existing laws. Stand up for your rights! And if not for yourself, for your children!

CURRENT--BASELINE water well and surface water testing

Baseline water well and surface water testing in Mora County possible soon. Protocols and testing in counties in Colorado and Wyoming by citizen groups and the EPA help direct the necessary steps to ensure that Mora County citizens know the quality of their water BEFORE any industrial development occurs in their county. Tune in for more development on this important development. 5/28/2010

CURRENT EVENTS

Upcoming premier in Colorado and New Mexico, documentary, "GasLand." Look for the date coming soon.

CURRENT EVENTS

The Mora County Commission meeting will be Tuesday, May 11th. 2010:What: Mora County Commission regular meetingDate: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Where: Mora High school administration buildingTime: 10:00 a.m.

Action: The commission will give 10 minutes to the Concerned Citizens of Wagon Mound and Mora County (CCWMMC) and 10 minutes to the oil/gas industry to present on the issues of oil/gas development in Mora County during the meeting.

Please attend, call your neighbours, and SIGN IN on PUBLIC COMMENT to present your views on this important issue.

Royal Dutch Shell and their subsidiary representatives, SWEPI, stated during a public commission meeting July 2010, that they intend to begin their development in Mora County in 2010.

Come and let the commission and industry know how you feel about the use of hydraulic fracturing chemicals in your aquifers, air and land in Mora County.

CURRENT EVENTS

MORA COUNTY CANDIATE FORUM:Drilling Mora County invites all Mora County candidates to participate in a candidate forum.Date: Thursday, April 8th, 2010Where: Tapetes de Lana, Mora Time: 6:30 p.m.What: This forum will give each candidate the opportunity to present their platform to the citizens of Mora County. Questions will be moderated by TBA......

Please join us to hear the important views of our upcoming elected officials of Mora County

EDUCATIONAL FORUM

Dr. Eric Romero, anthropologist, Highlands University professor, will present about the "Historical Land Use Practices & Cultural Activity: the Impact of Unregulated Natural Resource Exploitation on Communities and Cultures, and Environmental Degradation."

CURRENT EVENTS

Educational Forum with Chris Velasquez (Land Out of Time, Range Wars and Split Estate), and Gilbert Armenta (Range Wars and Split Estate) will be speaking about living with natural gas drilling on their land for their lifetime.

Join Drilling Mora County:Date: February 11th, 2010Time: 6:30 p.m.Where: Tapetes de Lana, MoraWhat: Listen to the travesties, the heartaches, the determination and the strength of two families who bear the scars of natural gas drilling on their ancestral land./

CURRENT EVENTS

Dr. Feldman will present on the "Geology of the Las Vegas Basin:Gas Drilling and Potential Impacts to the Environment"

Dr. Feldman will talk about:•The Geology of Mora & San Miguel Counties- potential for gas drilling•Where are Mora & San Miguel County’s aquifers and what might happen to them?•What is Hydraulic Fracking and what are the potential impacts on regional water supplies

Join Drilling Mora County for an evening of important infomation:Date: Thursday, January 14th 2010Where: Tapetes de Lana, MoraTime: 6:30 p.m.

Mission Statement

To protect and preserve the water, land, health, and culture of North Eastern New Mexico by educating people about the adverse impacts of oil and gas exploration and production within our Region.

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What Is Hydraulic Fracturing?

•http://www.propublica.org/special/hydraulic-fracturing-national

Hydraulic fracturing is a process used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States, where millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the rock and release the gas.

Scientists are worried that the chemicals used in fracturing may pose a threat either underground or when waste fluids are handled and sometimes spilled on the surface.

November 12th Educational Meeting, Tapetes de Lana

Please join Drilling Mora County, concerned citizens, at the November educational meeting to look at a non fossil fuel alternative that does not pollute our environment, nor damage our health. Willy Groffman, Ocate, will present on how to build the building that houses the still, and how to produce the fuel (ethanol) from indigenous plants for fueling your car and truck. Think Mora Green!

MEETING OCTOBER 22nd,Tapetes de Lana, Mora

Under one of the most powerful oil and gas administrations, gas drilling in the Valle Vidal was stopped. Join us as we listen to Brian Fields of Amigos Bravos tell us how this impending drilling was stopped and the Valle Vidal was saved.

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009Where: Tapetes de LanaTime: 6:30 p.m.

Meeting on how to learn the oil and gas game as played by Royal Dutch Shell and KHL landmen

Come bring your family and neighbours and learn how this game is played where billions of dollars are at stake for the oil companies and pennies for the land owners whose mineral leases are being sought after.

Mora County Comprehensive Land Use Plan comment period

The Mora County Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP)is under revision. Written comments can be made to the county manager:John Garciamanagermoramanager@countyofmora.comVerbal and written comments can be presented the dayof the Mora County Commission meetingWhen: September 8thWhere: Mora high school administration buildingTime: 10:00 a.m.For an electronic copy for review and comment, email drillingmoracounty@gmail.comYour comments will shape the future of Mora County foryour children and their children.

White Peak Under Attack!

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ACTION ALERT!!! White Peak wilderness up for oil and gas leasing

Speak out now or lose our wilderness to oil and gas drilling. Attend this important meeting with State Land Commissioner Pat Lyons. Tell him "No" to leasing our state land June 17, Tuesday, 11:00 AM

New Mexico State Land Trusts Advisory BoardNew Mexico State Land OfficeMorgan Hall310 Old Santa Fe TrailSanta Fe, New Mexico

Agua-Water

Petitions to Sign

Protect Mora County's Way-Of-Life

Tapetes de Lana mural, Mora

Message from a Hopi Elder, Oraibi, Arizona, Summer Solstice, 1999

“You have been telling the people that this is the eleventh hour, now you must go back and tell the people, this is the hour and there are things to be considered….Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relationship? Where is your water? Know your garden.

It is time to speak your truth, to create your communities, to be good to each other and do not look outside yourself for a leader…”

Then he clasped his hands together, and said, “This could actually be a good time.

There is a river flowing now, very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and suffer greatly. Know that the river has its destination.

The elders say we must let go of the shore-push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open and our heads above water. See who is in there with you and celebrate.

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves for the moment we do that our spiritual growth comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves; banish the word ‘struggle’ from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred way and in celebration. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Letter-Writing Campaign-Mora-Toriam and State Land LeasesOrganizations on oil and gas

•Oil and Gas Accountability Project OGAPwww.ogap.org•Common Ground Unitedwww.commongroundunited.com•Drilling Santa Fewww.drillingsantafe.com•Drilling Mora Countywww.drillingmoracounty.blogspot.com•Viva Rio Arriba.wwwVivaRioArriba.blogspot.comWrite to the following addresses (sample letter below) and tell them to protect your water, your county’s most fragile and important resource which feeds the land and your families therefore the culture and way of life in Mora County from any industry that violates the mandate of the people via the governing laws of our Development Guidance System (DGS).

Sample Letter:ADDRESSDear NAME, DATEI’m writing to ask you to impose a 1 year moratorium on all aspects of oil and gas development in Mora County until such time the necessary environmental studies for our aquifers, acequias, wildlife, wells, etc. are completed and that it has been concluded that oil and gas development is compatible with our agricultural laws of Mora County.

The DGS already states that no polluting industry is allowed in our agricultural County. Please stand by the County laws and help strengthen the DGS from the threat of oil and gas industry development.

Please support our rights and be informed of our deep concerns.

Sincerely Yours,Address and name

Write to the Commissioner of Public Lands, Governor, Lt. Governor, and our State Senator and State Representative and Governor (addresses above)

I am asking that you will defer the leasing of all state lands in Mora County due to the sensitive area for wildlife and our water for our communities. Our County’s laws, a mandate of our people, upheld in our Development Guidance System (DGS), stipulate that as an agricultural County, no polluting industry is allowed to degrade our way of life. Once the “bread-basket” for the State of New Mexico, we are reclaiming that right and claiming renewable resources to off-set the degradation of oil and gas extraction. Look to Mora County for GREEN—solar, wind and agriculture for our future generations.